About the Authors

Hassan Mahmood Jindal

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cheng Foh Le

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia

Mohd Yasim Mohd Yusof

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Rukumani Devi Velayuthan

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Vannajan Sanghiran Lee

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sharifuddin Md Zain

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Diyana Mohd Isa

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Shamala Devi Sekaran

shamalamy@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The designed peptides were patented by the University Malaya and authors SDS MYMY RDV and HMJ are named as inventors. The patent number is pending (PTA7.76_240914_H). The patent name is: Hybrid Antimicrobial Peptides. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDS HMJ MYMY CFL. Performed the experiments: HMJ RDV DMI. Analyzed the data: SDS VSL SMZ HMJ CFL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SDS MYMY VSL. Wrote the paper: HMJ SDS RDV VSL DMI.